- Wikidata identifier:
- Q2820837
- Part of:
- Lakeland Arts
- Instance of:
- museum; art museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited Museum
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q2820837/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Fine Art Collection
The art collection contains watercolours (2172), prints (1253), paintings (528), drawings (394) and sculpture (75) ranging from the 18th century to contemporary works. The collection of 18th century paintings is particularly strong in works by leading portrait painter George Romney, who served his apprenticeship locally and has work such as ‘The Gower Children’ featured in the collection. Local views and landscapes of the 18th century include works such as pair of views of Windermere by P J de Loutherbourg. Another local artist, Daniel Gardner is also featured in the collection together with works by Allan Ramsay and Thomas Lawrence. The significant collection of watercolours dates mainly to the second half of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries and typically includes a number of local topographical views and landscapes including works such as ‘The Falls of Lodore’ by John Robert Cozens. Other artists represented in the collection include Dayes, Hearne, Cristall, Varley, Copley Fielding, Constable, Frederick Nash, Hills and Severn. British works by Turner also feature in the collection (most notably the Devil’s Bridge in the St Gothard Pass, 1804), together with 40 of Ruskin’s drawings and watercolours covering natural history, mountains and topography in Britain and northern Europe. The collection of painting and sculpture from the 20th century collection features three-dimensional works by Hepworth, Jean Arp and Frink and a group of 11 works of national significance by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) including ‘Flight’, ‘Mier Bitte’, ‘Ambleside YMCA Flag’ and ‘Sculpture on a Bone’.
Subjects
Watercolours; Sculpture; Paintings; Fine Art; Drawings; Prints; Western European
Decorative and Applied Art Collection
The collection of 18th century furniture includes several rare pieces by Gillows of Lancaster, including a Trou Madame Table of c.1769-1776. The collection of decorative art ranges from studio pottery to furniture by Gillows of Lancaster and other furnishings. The 18th century furniture includes pieces in walnut, mahogany and satinwood and includes important rare pieces made by Gillows of Lancaster. English pottery and porcelain of the 18th century is also represented such as a pair of Wedgwood basalt vase, together with other objets d’art. Arts and Crafts 20th century studio pottery includes ceramics by Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie.
Subjects
Furniture; Decorative and Applied Arts
Costume and Textile Collection
Costume of the 17th to mid 20th century including local made or worn clothing and also accessories and jewellery.
Subjects
Costume and Textile
Music Collection
Three musical instruments including a recently restored Manxman piano by Baillie Scott (see Blackwell).
Subjects
Music; Musical instruments
Archives Collection
Archival material related to the collections and themes.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC